Background History Check | Background Check News for 04/20/2010



UPDATED--VaTech families: Webb is committed to closing gun show loophole - Washington Post (blog)

Atlanta Journal Constitution

UPDATED--VaTech families: Webb is committed to closing gun show loophole
Washington Post (blog)
Currently it is possible in some states, including Virginia, to purchase guns from private vendors at gun shows without a background check. .
Families of Va. Tech massacre press Webb, Warner on gun showsRichmond Times Dispatch
Columbine and Va. Tech Families Take On Gun Show 'Loophole'New York Times (blog)
Virginia Tech Families Want More Than Words From WebbWTVR
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On Anniversary of Columbine, Bloomberg's Group Presses for Tighter Gun Control - WNYC

Christian Science Monitor

On Anniversary of Columbine, Bloomberg's Group Presses for Tighter Gun Control
WNYC
It allows firearms to be sold at gun shows without the federally required background check. The mayor says closing the loophole won't hurt anyone's legal .
Michael Bloomberg's "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" Launches National TV CampaignDNAinfo

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Columbine dad Tom Mauser urges Udall to support background-check gun bill
In newspaper ads Monday, the father of Columbine High School shooting victim Daniel Mauser urged U.S. Sen. Mark Udall to support a bill to expand criminal-background checks at gun shows nationwide...

Background Check Expert Lester Rosen To Present at Webinar on Employment Screening Issues for Employers
Employment Screening Resources (ESR) , a leading international employment screening background check firm headquartered in the San Francisco area, announced that its president, Lester Rosen , will be presenting a seminar for a leading business information site on employment screening on April 22, 2010...

Convicted Sex Offender Applies For School Job, Gets Arrested - WDSU New Orleans

Convicted Sex Offender Applies For School Job, Gets Arrested
WDSU New Orleans
A Bayou Blue woman was arrested Monday after a background check from a job application at an Alexandria school, police said. Sheriff Craig Webre said that .
Application for school job leads to sex offender arrestDaily Comet (blog)

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Did Apple 'plant' the iPhone prototype?
BANGALORE, INDIA: The background of the story is that an unreleased iPhone 4G prototype was found abandoned at a San Jose bar few days back (Check the article here ). Now, read on...

Background check firm, Credential Check Corporation's President to speak at . - NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)

Background check firm, Credential Check Corporation's President to speak at .
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)
Credential Check Corporation is an industry-leading background check firm headquartered in Troy, MI with a regional office in Santa Barbara, CA . .

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On Columbine school shooting anniversary, focus on gun 'loophole'
When Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold embarked on their shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., in 1999, three of the four guns they used were purchased at a gun show by a friend who wasnt subjected to a background check...

Michigan Economic Growth Authority OKs background check policy
Lansing -- The Michigan Economic Growth Authority board approved today a policy to make background checks on businesses and company officials seeking state tax credits, in the wake of last month's embarrassing approval of a $9.1 million break for a Flint business owned by a convicted embezzler...

Michigan Economic Growth Authority OKs background check policy - The Detroit News

Michigan Economic Growth Authority OKs background check policy
The Detroit News
Lansing -- The Michigan Economic Growth Authority board approved today a policy to make background checks on businesses and company officials seeking state .

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Targeting gun shows - Bangor Daily News

Targeting gun shows
Bangor Daily News
He said the law that allows individuals at gun shows to sell weapons without conducting a criminal history background check on a gun purchaser has been .
11 Years After Columbine, It's Time for Congress to ActHuffington Post (blog)
Mayors Launch Campaign to Close Gun Show LoopholeThe Epoch Times

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On Columbine school shooting anniversary, focus on gun 'loophole' - Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monitor

On Columbine school shooting anniversary, focus on gun 'loophole'
Christian Science Monitor
. Colo., in 1999, three of the four guns they used were purchased at a gun show by a friend who wasn't subjected to a background check. .

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Michigan beefs up tax credit background checks - BusinessWeek

Michigan beefs up tax credit background checks
BusinessWeek
The new background check policy won't apply to some companies with five-year histories in Michigan and publicly traded companies.
MEGA board approves policy for background checks on companiesCrain's Detroit Business
Growing Companies In Michigan To Create 15795 New JobsGov Monitor

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Run A Criminal Records Background Check - Learn How Right Here!
Thanks to the many criminal resource websites available today, it is now possible for anyone to do a criminal background check on themselves or just about anyone else...

Close gun-show loophole - Daily Breeze

Close gun-show loophole
Daily Breeze
While voters in Colorado, where the massacre took place, closed the loophole that allowed for weapons purchases at gun shows without a background check in .

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Convicted Sex Offender Applies For School Job, Gets Arrested
A Bayou Blue woman was arrested Monday after a background check from a job application at an Alexandria school, police said...

Mayors Launch Campaign to Close Gun Show Loophole
Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a bipartisan coalition, announced Tuesday the launch of a new national campaign to close the gun show loophole, a gap in federal law that enables criminals to buy guns at gun shows without undergoing a background check...

Michigan beefs up tax credit background checks
A Michigan board is taking steps to do criminal background checks on companies and individuals that apply for tax incentives in Michigan...

Mayors Against Illegal Guns Launch New National Campaign to Close the Gun Show . - PR Newswire (press release)

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Mayors Against Illegal Guns Launch New National Campaign to Close the Gun Show .
PR Newswire (press release)
The Gun Show Loophole is a gap in federal law that enables criminals to buy guns at gun shows without undergoing a background check. .
Bloomberg calls for end to 'gun show loophole'CNN (blog)

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